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Section 1.
Metal and Denomination | Standard Weight (grams) | Least Current Weight (grams) | Standard Fineness | Remedy Allowance | |
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Weight (grams) | Millesimal Fineness | ||||
GOLD: | |||||
Five pound | 39.94028 | 39.68935 | Eleven-twelfths fine gold, one-twelfth alloy; or millesimal fineness 916.66. | 0.06479 | 2 |
Two pound | 15.97611 | 15.87574 | 0.02592 | ||
Sovereign | 7.98805 | 7.93787 | 0.01296 | ||
Half sovereign | 3.99402 | 3.96083 | 0.00972 | ||
SILVER: | |||||
Four new pence | 1.88506 | — | Thirty-seven-fortieths fine silver, three-fortieths alloy; or millesimal fineness 925. | 0.0170 | 5 |
Three new pence | 1.41379 | — | 0.0138 | ||
Two new pence | 0.94253 | — | 0.0093 | ||
New penny | 0.47126 | — | 0.0056 |
Metal and denomination | Standard weight (grams) | Standard Diameter (centimetres) | Standard composition | Remedy Allowance | ||
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Weight (grams) | Diameter (millimetres) | Composition (per cent.) | ||||
CUPRO-NICKEL: | ||||||
Ten new pence | 11.31036 | 2.8500 | Three-quarters copper, one-quarter nickel. | .0646 | 0.125 | 2 |
Five new pence | 5.65518 | 2.595 | .0375 | 0.125 | 2 | |
BRONZE: | ||||||
Two new pence | 7.12800 | 2.5910 | Mixed metal: copper, tin and zinc. | .1500 | 0.125 | — |
New penny | 3.56400 | 2.0320 | .0750 | 0.125 | — | |
New halfpenny | 1.78200 | 1.7145 | .0375 | 0.125 | — |